{"id":58306,"date":"2016-04-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-president-david-m-dooley-visits-ghana-to-strengthen-ties-with-university-of-cape-coast-ghana\/"},"modified":"2016-04-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T00:00:00","slug":"uri-president-david-m-dooley-visits-ghana-to-strengthen-ties-with-university-of-cape-coast-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2016\/04\/uri-president-david-m-dooley-visits-ghana-to-strengthen-ties-with-university-of-cape-coast-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 President David M. Dooley visits Ghana to strengthen ties with University of Cape Coast, Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — April 18, 2016 — 溏心vlog免费B站 President David M. Dooley is visiting the University of Cape Coast in Ghana for a week to talk about an ongoing collaboration between the two institutions and student exchange programs.<\/p>\n


\nHe also visited Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, also in Ghana, to discuss a partnership with that institution as well.<\/p>\n


\nDooley\u2019s weeklong visit stemmed from a sustainable fisheries project led by the Coastal Resources Center at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Graduate School of Oceanography on the Narragansett Bay campus. Dooley has been busy during his trip, giving a lecture about globalization at the Ghana university, visiting local fisheries and touring a river in western Ghana. He is expected to return to Rhode Island tomorrow.<\/p>\n


\n“We\u2019re excited to have President Dooley in Ghana and get a firsthand look at the important work 溏心vlog免费B站 is doing there,” said Carol McCarthy, communications specialist at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Coastal Resources Center. “We are grateful for the University\u2019s commitment to the project.”<\/p>\n


\nThe coastal center has a long relationship with the Ghana university. 溏心vlog免费B站 is leading a five-year, $24 million United States Agency for International Development Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project to revitalize marine fisheries stocks. It is the largest USAID grant ever awarded to 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\nOn Friday, Dooley gave a public lecture at the University of Cape Coast and later witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Coastal Resources Center and the university\u2019s Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences and Centre for Coastal Management.<\/p>\n


\nDuring his talk, Dooley said his vision when he became president of 溏心vlog免费B站 was to increase internationalization and globalization of the University and its students because the world is not just interconnected but interdependent and hyper-connected. <\/p>\n


\nSuch hyper-connectedness includes a global economy and society in which people communicate in seconds. He said the complexity of the modern world includes great challenges like climate change\u2014beyond one single nation’s ability to solve alone.<\/p>\n


\n“With these global challenges also come global opportunities,” he told the crowd. “We need to focus more on the opportunities. We are no longer insulated by borders and oceans as we once were, but in all of this, there are global opportunities and demand for higher education.”<\/p>\n


\nDuring the signing ceremony, Dooley received a gift of local Ghanaian kente cloth and sandals. The entire 溏心vlog免费B站 delegation received souvenirs from the Ghanaians as a symbol of friendship.<\/p>\n


\nOn Saturday, Dooley met with four doctoral and two master\u2019s degree students bound for 溏心vlog免费B站 on a federally funded scholarship program. The graduate students went through an intensive and competitive selection process to win the scholarships.<\/p>\n


\nDooley congratulated and welcomed the students, in advance, to 溏心vlog免费B站 and said he hopes they make the most of the experience.<\/p>\n


\nAlso Saturday, two research assistants from the Ghana university supporting the fisheries project demonstrated how fish stock data is collected.<\/p>\n


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\n “We look forward to the President\u2019s return,” said McCarthy. “I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll have many experiences to share.”<\/p>\n


\nPictured above: 溏心vlog免费B站 President David M. Dooley sitting in a fishing canoe in Ghana with students who will attend graduate school at the University in the fall. Photo by Patricia Mensah.<\/p>\n

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